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Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie

Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie (120 km)

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If Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie (120 km) was a standard unit ...

  • Diameter of Venus (12,010 km)...more would be 100 x Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Diameter of Mercury (4,880 km)...more would be 40 x Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Length of I-90 highway from Boston to Seattle (4,860 km)...more would be 40 x Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Length of the Rio Grande (USA, Mexico) (3,057 km)...more would be 25 x Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Circumference of the dwarf planet Ceres (2,992 km)...more would be 25 x Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Diameter of Pluto (2,377 km)...more would be 20 x Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Length of mainland Italy (1,185 km)...more would be 10 x Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Length of the St Lawrence Seaway Canal system (600 km)...more would be 5 x Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Highest ascent by a propellor-driven aircraft (2001) (29.52 km)...more would be 1/4 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Height of Mount Kilimanjaro (5.89 km)...more would be 1/20 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Highest altitude reached by a single kite (4.88 km)...more would be 1/25 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Length of the Epsom Derby horse race (2.4 km)...more would be 1/50 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • World record longest flight of an arrow from a bow (2010) (484 m)...more would be 1/250 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Longest golf drive (471 m)...more would be 1/250 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Length of Tower Bridge over the Thames (244 m)...more would be 1/500 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Length of an ice-hockey rink (61 m)...more would be 1/2000 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Height of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow (47.5 m)...more would be 1/2500 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Length of a blue whale (30 m)...more would be 1/4000 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Height of the `Christ the Redeemer` statue in Rio de Janeiro (30 m)...more would be 1/4000 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon (24 m)...more would be 1/5000 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie
  • Length of a tennis court (23.77 m)...more would be 1/5000 of Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie

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